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GUIDELINES FOR EMPLOYERS
ON
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
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"Sexual harassment is environmental pollution of the
worst kind."
"Creating a positive work environment is a critical
element to personal job satisfaction and productivity."
"This is not just to make women `comfortable' in the
workplace. It is so that women and men can have a
workplace where each may grow and prosper."
LYNN MARTIN
Secretary of Labor
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
MODEL EFFORT TO ELIMINATE SEXUAL
HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE
Secretary of Labor Lynn Martin in March 1991 set
up a task force to review the Department's policy
on sexual harassment and to identify what needed
to be done to insure that the U.S. Department of
Labor is free from sexual harassment. The findings
of the task force identified the need for awareness,
education, training, policies for handling complaints,
penalty structures, and periodic review.
To that end, the Department of Labor has identified
nine steps in eliminating sexual harassment in its
workplace. We have taken the following five steps:
1. Examined the problem using the EEOC
Guidelines and court decisions.
2. Reviewed Federal employee surveys and all known
complaints at the Department to determine the extent
of sexual harassment in the workplace.
3. Issued to all employees Secretary Martin's clear
statement of policy that sexual harassment will not be
tolerated at the Department of Labor.
4. Selected a commercial training program for the
Department.
5. Developed a plan and a training schedule for
educating all employees.
We are in the process of completing the following four steps:
6. Production of a penalty guide applicable to managers
and supervisors for misconduct of a sexual nature or for
failing to act effectively on receipt of complaints.
7. Consultation with Department of Labor union leaders
about the plan for educating all bargaining level employees
about what constitutes sexual harassment,the Department's
policy, and complaint procedures and penalties.
8. Instruction of all agency heads to handle sexual
harassment charges quickly, consistently, and
effectively.
9. Regular periodic review of the Department's policy:
of informal and formal complaints, their investigation
and resolution, and of developing law in this area by
legal counsel.
"Prevention is the best tool for the elimination of sexual
harassment. An employer should take all steps necessary to
prevent sexual harassment from occurring, such as affirmatively
raising the subject, expressing strong disapproval, developing
appropriate sanctions, informing employees of their right to
raise
and how to raise the issue of harassment under Title VII, and
developing methods to sensitize all concerned."
Guidelines on Discrimination Because of Sex
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Harassment on the basis of sex is a violation
of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
as amended.
Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual
favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of
a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when:
(1) submission to such conduct is made either
explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an
individual's employment;
(2) submission to or rejection of such conduct
by an individual is used as the basis for employment
decisions affecting such individual; or
(3) such conduct has the purpose or effect of
unreasonably interfering with an individual's work
performance or creating an intimidating, hostile,
or offensive working environment.
Guidelines on Discrimination Because of Sex
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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For further information on sexual harassment and the
Department of Labor's model effort contact the Women's
Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC 20210,
(202) 523-6611.